Should research focus on data analysis as much as or more than on data generation? The capacity to process and analyze data has not kept up to speed with the volume of data produced through high-throughput sequencing. This article digs into that issue, with related links and articles on analyzing and sharing data.

This News Focus article … [is] part of a collection this month reflecting on the 10th anniversary of the publication of the human genome. All the stories, and other related material, will be gathered at http://scim.ag/genome10